Device for gleaning windows



(No Model.)

W. H. FORD.

DEVICE POR GLEANING WINDOWS.

'NQO. 556,722.

Patented Mar. 17, 1896 igfi jjjm ZZ QM/ W ANDREW LGRMMM.mom-momwnmmomuc;

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

\VlliLlAlll ll. FORD, 013 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOA. GEIGER, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING WlNDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 556,722, dated March17, 1896.

Application filed March 7,1895. $erial No. 540,913. (No model.)

To all 1071 0712, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. FORD, of the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Devicesfor Cleaning Windows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to a device for clean ing windows; and it consistsin the novel construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of my completedevice. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the indicated line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of a nozzle plate of which Imake use in carrying out my invention. Fig. 4 is a sectional viewanalogous to Fig. 2 and showing the brush of the device so located uponthe tube as that water maybe freely discharged from the upper end ofsaid tube.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates the backof the brush, which may be of any size and form desired and providedwith bristles 2 in the usual manner. Extending longitudinally the entirelength of the back 1 and in the top edge thereof is a slot 3, in whichis located and held in any suitable manner a strip of rubber oranalogous material a, the same projecting a slight distance beyond theupper face of the back 1.

Passing diagonally through the back 1 from the outer lower corner to theupper inner corner thereof and at a point approximating the longitudinalcenter of said back is a screwthreaded bore or passage 5.

6 indicates a metallic plate that is held by means of screws 7, or inany suitable manner to the top face of the back 1 and in the 1011-gitudinal center thereof. Formed integral with the forward edge of thisplate (3 and located at such an angle thereto as that it will be atright angles to the screw-threaded bore or passage 5 is a disk 8 that Iterm a nozzleplate, the same being constructed with the centrallyarranged cone-shaped aperture 9.

10 indicates a length of pipe or tubing, the upper end of which isscrew-threaded and enters the screw-threaded bore or passage 5 in theback 1. The thread on the upper end of this tube is of such a length asthat the up per end of said tube will pass entirely through the bore orpassage 5 and engage directly against the under face of the nozzle-plate8. Located in this length of pipe 10 at any suitable point is a cut-offvalve 11, that is pro vided with a drain-aperture 12.

By means of an ordinary union 13, or in any suitable manner, a flexibletube, such as ahose 14, is attached to the lower end of the length oftubing. By this construction it will be seen that the tube 10 performsthe function of a handle to the cleaning device.

The operation is as follows: The flexible tube or hose 14. beingconnected to a suitable watersupply the operator grasps the handle 10and places the bristles 2 of the brush in proper position upon thewindow. Should it be desired to throw a stream of water upon the windowthe brush must be manipulated upon the screw-threaded end of the tube10, so that the nozzle-plate S is brought into direct contact with theupper end of said tube 10. Thus a nozzle for said tube is formed. Thecut-off valve 11 is now manipulated by the operator and the water fromthe watersupply readily passes through the flexible tube and handle-tubel0, and a stream of water in every way similar to a stream of waterthrown from the nozzle of an ordinary hose can be thrown against thewindow or whatever itis desired to clean. When it is desired to bringthe brush into operation the operator closes the valve 11 andmanipulates the brush upon the upper end of the tube 10 until thenozzle'plate 8 is located a slight distance away from the upper end ofsaid tube 10. Should any water remain in the upper end of the tube 10from the previous operation it will readily be discharged through thevent or drain aperture 12 in the valve 11. \Vhen the brush is sopositioned, the operator places the same against the window and againopens the valve 11. The water discharged from the upper end of the tube10 will strike against the nozzle-plate 8 and be deflected thereby ontothe bristles of the brush adjacent said nozzle-plate, and from thence itwill diffuse and circulate through the bristles in a natural manner.The'brush thus saturated and supplied with water may be moved over thewindow or work that is being washed, and said water-supply is at alltimes directly under the control of the operator. lVhen the window orwork has been thoroughly scrubbed or washed with the brush, the valve 11is closed, thereby shutting off the supply of water to said brush, andthe device is turned so that the rubber strip 4 is brought into contactwith the window. lVith this strip the surface of the window or work isrubbed dry and the operation is complete.

By the use of my improved device much time andlabor are saved and theoperation of washing Windows and analogous work isgreatly facilitatedand expedited, as the op erator does-not have to repeatedly dip thebrush in a vessel containing water and then apply the same to thewindow, nor is an extra hose required.

A device of this construction is of minimum cost and can be quicklytaken apart and put together during transportation, or for the purposeof packing and storing;

lVhat I claim is- The improved scrubbing-brush, comprising the body 1having brush material 2 and a diagonal screw-threaded bore 5, adischarge- WILLIAM H. FORD. lVitnesses:

E. E. LONGAN, JoHN O. IIIGDoN.

